Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (33)
- Subspecies (2)
Sam Dean
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 16, 2012
Text last updated November 16, 2012
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Свиреща чапла |
| Catalan | martinet xiulador |
| Czech | volavka hvízdavá |
| Dutch | Fluitreiger |
| English | Whistling Heron |
| English (United States) | Whistling Heron |
| Finnish | viheltäjähaikara |
| French | Héron flûte-du-soleil |
| French (France) | Héron flûte-du-soleil |
| German | Pfeifreiher |
| Icelandic | Blísturhegri |
| Japanese | キムネゴイ |
| Norwegian | plystrehegre |
| Polish | czapla gwiżdżąca |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | maria-faceira |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Maria-faceira |
| Russian | Свистящая цапля |
| Serbian | Zviždeća čaplja |
| Slovak | volavka hvízdavá |
| Spanish | Garza Chiflona |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Chiflón |
| Spanish (Chile) | Garza chiflón |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Garza Silbadora |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Garza Silbadora |
| Spanish (Panama) | Garza Silbadora |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Flauta del sol |
| Spanish (Peru) | Garza Silbadora |
| Spanish (Spain) | Garza chiflona |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Garza Amarilla |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Garza Silbadora |
| Swedish | visselhäger |
| Turkish | Islıkçı Balıkçıl |
| Ukrainian | Чапля-свистун |
Syrigma sibilatrix (Temminck, 1824)
PROTONYM:
Ardea sibilatrix
Temminck, 1824. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.46, pl.271.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Brazil and Paraguay.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- SYRIGMA
- sibilatrix
- Sibilatrix
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Whistling Heron
